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Monthly Archives: May 2019
World Password Day – what (NOT!) to do
Yeah, yeah, yeah… we really ought to get around to picking proper passwords for everything – and here’s why!
DHS policies allow unlimited, warrantless device search
Newly revealed policies show border agents can search devices for pretty much any reason, including if some other agency asked them to.
Is a sticky label the answer to the IoT’s security problems?
How can IoT security be improved? The UK Government just published new details of its surprising and unfashionable answer.
Extortionists leak data of huge firms after IT provider refuses to pay
The data was published after “Boris Bullet-Dodger” failed to get Citycomp to cough up.
US Government halves deadline for applying critical patches to 15 days
US federal agencies must fix their security bugs twice as quickly under new rules issued by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
Keeping your data safe when traveling
Our data is especially vulnerable when we ourselves are too: at border crossings and when in unfamiliar environments.
Millions of consumer smart devices exposed by serious security flaw
This IoT software flaw could render millions of consumer devices, including baby monitors and webcams, open to remote discovery and hijack.
Diabetics are hunting down obsolete insulin pumps with a security flaw
The flaw makes it possible to overwrite the devices’ programming and insert an algorithm that turns them into artificial pancreases.
Mystery database exposes data on 80 million US households
Put on your detective hat – the researchers who found it say it’s full of people’s data, but not who it belongs to.